1/2/12 Raw
Opening segment: The typical Cena promo, and it still gave no reason as to why Cena and Kane were feuding.
Daniel Bryan vs. Cody Rhodes: Decent match though WAY too short.
Wade Barrett vs. Santino Marella: Squash.
Sheamus vs. Miz: No match as it was just advancement for Truth/Miz.
CM Punk vs. Dolph Ziggler: Very good match.
Bella Twins vs. Kelly Kelly/Eve Torres: Bad match.
Jericho debut: Very disappointing and boring as he just played to the crowd and left.
John Cena/Zack Ryder/Big Show vs. Mark Henry/Jack Swagger: Not a great main event and it had a very B-movie ending with Kane dragging Ryder under the ring, Cena saving Ryder, and flames coming up from the hole in the ring. Yeah.
Not a great show, as the match quality was lacking and Jericho's long awaited return was a disappointment. The end of the show was also too ridiculous for words.
Grade: D+
1/9/12 Raw
Opening segment: A decent Kane promo.
Sheamus/Santino Marella vs. Jinder Mahal/Wade Barrett: Very dull match.
Kofi Kingston vs. Daniel Bryan: Very disappointing match as it was a squash but Bryan's promo exchange with Big Show afterwards was good.
Brodus Clay vs. Curt Hawkins: Squash.
CM Punk vs. Jack Swagger: Easily the best match of the show.
Truth/Ricardo segment: Very awkward segment that had Truth come off as heelish despite clearly being a face last week.
Jericho segment: He just came out and cried, nothing more.
Eve Torres vs. Beth Phoenix: Never happened as Kane's music hit, Ryder came out to save Eve, only to find out that his tire was flat.
John Cena vs. Dolph Ziggler: A main event that was a complete backdrop to Kane stalking Ryder and Eve.
A very poorly paced show with very little making sense and lacked in good wrestling aside from Punk/Swagger.
Grade: D
1/16/12 Raw
Opening segment: A very good Punk/Ziggler/Foley promo exchange.
Air Boom vs. Primo/Epico: Decent tag title match with Primo/Epico retaining.
Jack Swagger vs. Zack Ryder: This was more of an angle but it was a very good one with Swagger winning the US title.
Kelly Kelly/Alicia Fox vs. Bella Twins: Complete nothing match.
Truth/Barrett segment: Very funny promo exchange between them.
John Cena vs. Jack Swagger: Cena destroys Swagger for hurting Ryder. Swagger looked VERY weak here.
Brodus Clay vs. JTG: Squash.
Daniel Bryan/CM Punk/Chris Jericho vs. David Otunga/Mark Henry/Dolph Ziggler: Decent match though badly booked with Foley, who wasn't involved in the match, getting the win over Otunga, who looked out of place compared to everybody else in the match. Laurinaitis rightfully reverses the decision, which leads into an awesome Punk/Foley/Laurinaitis promo exchange.
Decent show at best. First hour was better than the second, which was very poorly booked.
Grade: C+
1/23/12 Raw
Opening segment: Very good Punk/Cena promo exchange.
CM Punk/John Cena vs. Jack Swagger/Dolph Ziggler: Solid tag match.
Jericho segment: Good promo from him where he FINALLY speaks.
Kane vs. Zack Ryder: More of a beatdown angle than a match, but it was a very good one.
Sheamus vs. Jinder Mahal: Squash.
Brodus Clay vs. Heath Slater: Squash.
R-Truth vs. Miz: Good match with Miz becoming the #1 entry into the Rumble because he lost.
Final segment: Very good segment with Punk giving Laurinaitis the GTS.
Very good show. Solid in-ring action and good Rumble hype.
Grade: B+
1/30/12 Raw
Opening segment: Solid segment that announced the participants in the Elimination Chamber.
Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler: Very good match.
Brodus Clay vs. Tyler Reks: Squash.
CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan: Amazing match.
Kofi Kingston vs. Miz: Decent match.
Beth Phoenix vs. Eve Torres: Squash. Cena gives a good beatdown on Kane after the match though.
Final segment: Before HHH is about to fire John Laurinaitis, the Undertaker appears. Good segment.
Very good show with two very good matches.
Grade: B+
2/6/12 Raw
Opening segment: Very good HHH promo about his WM match with Undertaker.
Daniel Bryan vs. Big Show: Not a great match but a good Bryan promo after the match.
Sheamus vs. David Otunga: Squash.
Jericho promo: Very good promo where he explained why he's the real best in the world.
Wade Barrett/Cody Rhodes vs. Great Khali/Randy Orton: Bad match with Khali pinning Cody.
Eve Torres/Alicia Fox/Tamina/Kelly Kelly vs. Beth Phoenix/Natalya/Bella Twins: Typical one minute women's match.
R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Chris Jericho vs. The Miz vs. CM Punk: Okay main event with Jericho becoming the last EC entrant.
Not a great show. Outside of the promos, not much in terms of good matches and loads of video packages, as well as a very bad pre-taped skit with Kane and Eve to close the show.
Grade: D+
2/13/12 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good debate segment beteen the Elimination Chamber participants.
Chris Jericho vs. Kofi Kingston: Very good match.
Randy Orton vs. Big Show: Pretty good match.
HBK/HHH promo exchange: Very good promo exchange as expected.
R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler: Dolph loses to Truth in a short match.
Tamina Snuka vs. Brie Bella: Squash.
CM Punk vs. Miz: Pretty good match.
Final segment: Another lame Cena/Kane/Ryder/Eve segment with Ryder pushed off the stage once again.
Decent Raw outside of the Cena/Ryder/Kane/Eve stuff. Good wrestling and decent Elimination Chamber hype.
Grade: B-
2/20/12 Raw
Opening segment: Really bad Cena/Eve promo where Eve turns heel.
Sheamus vs. Mark Henry: Solid match.
Kofi Kingston/R-Truth vs. Primo/Epico: Decent match.
David Otunga vs. Ezekiel Jackson: Bad match.
Undertaker/HHH promo: Very good as usual to start the build for their rematch.
Daniel Bryan vs. Santino Marella: Squash.
Bella Twins vs. Aksana/Kelly Kelly: Bad match.
Cena promo: Completely different from his last promo as this was a serious promo on The Rock.
Battle Royal: Very good main event with Jericho winning to be #1 contender to CM Punk.
A decent show to start the WM build, although there were way too many filler matches.
Grade: B-
2/27/12 Raw
Opening segment: Very good Jericho/Punk promo exchange.
CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan: Pretty good match.
Kelly Kelly vs. Nikki Bella: Filler match that lasted less than one minute.
Miz vs. John Cena: Very average match.
Primo/Epico vs. Kofi Kingston/R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler/Jack Swagger: Good tag title match with the champs retaining until Kane chokeslammed one member of each team. Bad booking.
Eve promo: Unfortunately one of her worst as she's usually pretty good on the mic.
Rock/Cena promo: Like the last segment, this was one of Rock's worst promos.
After the first half hour or so, this show wasn't good and poorly booked as well.
Grade: C-
3/5/12 Raw
Opening segment: Very good HHH/HBK promo exchange.
Santino Marella vs. Jack Swagger: Santino wins the US title in a decent match.
Eve Torres vs. Alicia Fox: Typical one minute divas match.
Chris Jericho/Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus/CM Punk: Pretty good match.
Big Show vs. Miz: Squash.
Kane vs. R-Truth: Squash.
Rock/Cena promo exchange: Much better final segment from last week with Rock's greatness overshadowing Cena's usual stuff and their pretaped promos thoughout the show were good as well.
The promos made this show as the in-ring action was nothing to write home about at all.
Grade: B-
3/12/12 Raw
Cena rap: Very good segment with Cena entering to his thuganomics theme and rapping.
Sheamus vs. Dolph Ziggler: Pretty good match.
Santino Marella vs. Mark Henry/David Otunga: Squash.
Brodus Clay vs. Jinder Mahal: Squash.
Undertaker/HHH/HBK promo exchange: Very good promo exchange between the three.
CM Punk vs. Miz: Okay match.
Randy Orton vs. Jack Swagger: Decent match.
Rock concert: Very good.
Good show. All the promos were good and the Sheamus/Dolph match was solid.
Grade: B
3/19/12 Raw
Opening segment: Very good Punk/Jericho promo exchange.
Big Show vs. Kane: Bad match with Kane winning in 45 seconds.
Santino Marella vs. David Otunga: Bad match.
Rock promo: Pretty good.
Daniel Bryan vs. Zack Ryder: Ryder basically gets squashed in under two minutes.
John Cena vs. Mark Henry: Very average match.
Sheamus vs. Miz: Boring match.
Orton promo: This was basically done to give SOME reason for the feud with Kane, as the reason was due to a handshake after a match Kane lost to Orton last year. Yeah...
Undertaker/HHH/HBK promo: Very weak for their standards but still not bad.
Not the best show. No good matches and the second hour was VERY boring.
Grade: D+
3/26/12 Raw
Sheamus/Randy Orton vs. Kane/Daniel Bryan: Pretty good match.
David Otunga vs. Santino Marella: Bad match.
Eve Torres vs. Kelly Kelly: Bad match.
CM Punk vs. Christian: No match as it was an angle to take Christian out of the six man tag at WM.
Brodus Clay vs. Curt Hawkins: Squash.
Big Show vs. Primo: Squash.
Mark Henry vs. Great Khali: Squash.
Rock/Cena promo: Excellent promo exchange between the two.
For the WM go-home show, it was very dull and pedestrian. Way too many squashes.
Grade: D
4/2/12 Raw
Opening segment: Very good Rock promo.
Santino Marella vs. Jack Swagger vs. Dolph Ziggler: Solid US title match.
Lord Tensai vs. Alex Riley: Squash.
CM Punk vs. Mark Henry: Decent match.
Sheamus/Del Rio promo: Okay at best because the crowd clearly wanted Bryan as #1 contender again.
Cody Rhodes vs. Kofi Kingston: More of an angle than a match.
Eve promo: Decent promo, though it was never followed up on unsurprisingly.
Miz vs. Zack Ryder: Decent match.
Cena promo: Very good with Brock Lesnar returning at the end.
Decent show, though parts didn't click at all.
Grade: B
4/9/12 Raw
Opening segment: Very good Brock/Cena promo.
Brodus Clay/Santino Marella vs. Jack Swagger/Dolph Ziggler: Not a great match.
R-Truth vs. Cody Rhodes: Complete nothing match.
Lord Tensai vs. Yoshi Tatsu: Squash.
CM Punk vs. Mark Henry: Not really a match as it was an angle that lead to Jericho pouring beer all over Punk.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Zack Ryder: Squash.
Three Stooges segment: Your typical 2009 guest host segment.
John Cena vs. David Otunga: Weak main event with Brock attacking Cena after the match.
Very boring show outside of Brock and Cena. Hardly anything interesting happened.
Grade: D-
4/16/12 Raw
CM Punk vs. Mark Henry: Very good FCA match and a good Jericho promo on Punk after the match.
Santino Marella vs. David Otunga: Bad US title match.
Kane vs. Zack Ryder: All angle with Kane destroying Zack and cutting a promo on Orton.
Cena promo: This was actually a very good promo on Lesnar.
Daniel Bryan vs. Kofi Kingston: Solid match.
Dolph Ziggler vs. Brodus Clay: Bad match.
Big Show/Great Khali vs. Primo/Epico: Squash.
John Cena vs. Lord Tensai: Good main event.
Decent Raw, made better by the hot UK crowd.
Grade: B-
4/23/12 Raw
Opening segment: Very good Edge/Cena promo exchange.
Chris Jericho vs. Kofi Kingston: Very solid match.
Lord Tensai vs. R-Truth: Squash.
Kane/Orton promo: Very average as their feud still feels like it was solely created to give them something to do.
Big Show/Great Khali vs. Cody Rhodes/Alberto Del Rio: Not a great match.
Beth Phoenix vs. Nikki Bella: Bad match with Nikki winning the Divas title.
Punk/Jericho segment: Decent promo exchange.
Mark Henry vs. Sheamus: More of an angle than a match.
Santino Marella/Zack Ryder vs. Primo/Epico: Decent match.
Brodus Clay/Hornswoggle vs. Dolph Ziggler/Jack Swagger: Bad match in which the freefall of Dolph Ziggler continues.
Lesnar/Cena contract signing: Decent promo from Brock actually that put him over as a guy who wants everything despite not earning it yet.
Your typical three hour Raw, with more time given to the promos than the matches despite the extra hour.
Grade: C
4/30/12 Raw
Opening segment: Very good Brock/HHH/Laurinaitis promo exchange.
Miz vs. Santino Marella: Not a great match.
Layla vs. Brie Bella vs. Nikki Bella: Lasted 15 seconds.
Chris Jericho vs. Big Show: Not a great match.
Brodus Clay vs. JTG: Squash.
Randy Orton vs. Jack Swagger: Pretty good match.
R-Truth/Kofi Kingston vs. Primo/Epico: Good match with Truth and Kofi winning the tag titles.
Kane vs. Great Khali: Bad match.
Daniel Bryan vs. Jerry Lawler: Not a great match but Bryan wins the Beat The Clock challenge, becoming #1 contender to the WWE title at Over The Limit.
Final segment: Outside of the Cena beatdown it was a bad segment as Cena goes from facing Brock Lesnar to facing John Laurinaitis.
Very weak for a Beat The Clock episode, which usually guarantees at least a few good matches. This one had very few and Cena's main feud is now with John Laurinaitis, who isn't nearly as charismatic as the likes of Vince, Heyman, and Bischoff.
Grade: C-
5/7/12 Raw
Opening segmnet: Decent Punk/Laurinaitis promo exchange as they've had better in the past. Made the main event.
Big Show vs. Cody Rhodes: Complete nothing match.
Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston: Decent match.
Cena interview: This was just there basically.
Layla/Kelly Kelly vs. Natalya/Maxine: This was basically a glorified Layla/Maxine squash match.
Randy Orton/Sheamus vs. Chris Jericho/Alberto Del Rio: Very good match.
Miz vs. Brodus Clay: Bad match.
Heyman promo: Your typical Heyman promo in that it was good and he reveals that Lesnar quit.
CM Punk vs. Lord Tensai/Daniel Bryan: Not a great main event.
Very dull show with almost nothing of any substance.
Grade: C
5/14/12 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good HHH/Heyman promo exchange.
CM Punk/Santino Marella vs. Cody Rhodes/Daniel Bryan: Good match though this was all the hype for Punk/Bryan at the PPV.
Beth Phoenix vs. Alicia Fox: Squash.
Big Show vs. Kane: Bad match and a bad promo exchange afterwards that led to Big Show getting fired and crying.
Brodus Clay/R-Truth/Kofi Kingston vs. Miz/Dolph Ziggler/Jack Swagger: Not a great match as most of it happened during the commercial break.
Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho: Good match though the Smackdown title match had more build on Raw than the Raw title match.
Final segment: Very bad Cena/Laurinaitis promo exchange that telegraphed the result at the PPV with Big Show's firing.
The wrestling was okay but this was another very dull show with questionable Over The Limit hype.
Grade: D+
5/21/12 Raw
Opening segment: Your typical Cena promo outside of Big Show's dialogue.
John Cena vs. David Otunga: Squash.
Santino/Ricardo segment: Pretty decent comedy promo exchange, nothing more.
Randy Orton vs. Alberto Del Rio: Not a great match.
Bryan/Punk promo: Good promo exchange as usual between the two that made the next match.
Kane vs. Daniel Bryan: More of an angle than a match.
Christian vs. Jinder Mahal: Very average match.
Beth Phoenix vs. Kelly Kelly: Bad match.
John Cena/Sheamus vs. Dolph Ziggler/Jack Swagger/Tensai: Pretty solid main event.
Another Raw in the streak of not terrible but not average either shows. Just very dull and very little happening.
Grade: D+
5/28/12 Raw
Opening segment: Decent Big Show promo though it's difficult to care when he switches between heel and face almost annually like Kane does.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Santino Marella: Squash.
Kofi Kingston/R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler/Jack Swagger: Solid match.
Laurinaitis/Punk promo: Very dull promo exchange that made the main event and gimmick for Cena/Big Show at No Way Out.
Daniel Bryan vs. CM Punk: Very good match.
Christian vs. Miz: Average match.
Miz promo: This was basically him complaining until Orton RKO'ed him to write him off.
Sheamus vs. David Otunga: Bad match.
Big Show vs. Brodus Clay: No match but a very good angle with him destroying him, Kofi, and R-Truth.
Another average/below average show with only Punk/Bryan and the final segment standing out.
Grade: C-
6/4/12 Raw
Opening segment: Bad Cena/Cole promo exchange which resulted in Cena/Cole being the main event.
Sheamus vs. Dolph Ziggler: Good match nothing more.
Sin Cara vs. Hunico: Once again, good match but nothing more.
Ryback vs. Stan Stansky/Arthur Rosenburg: Squash.
CM Punk vs. Kane: Good match outside of Punk getting pinned by Kane in 2012.
R-Truth/Kofi Kingston vs. Curt Hawkins/Tyler Reks: Bad match.
John Cena vs. Tensai: Not a good match.
John Cena vs. Michael Cole: Very bad main event with Cole being stripped to his underwear, getting BBQ sauce poured all over him and getting fire extinguishered afterwards. This took 10 minutes.
Not a good show, as the beginning and ending were both bad and nothing got advanced really. The middle was hit/miss.
Grade: D+
6/11/12 Raw
Opening segment: Very dull Vince/Laurinaitis/Sheamus promo that made the opening match.
Sheamus vs. Tensai: Pretty good match.
Tensai/Sakamoto segment: Tensai attacks Sakamoto, which didn't work as Sakamoto isn't well-known yet and Tensai is still getting Albert chants.
Santino Marella/Layla vs. Beth Phoenix/Ricardo Rodriguez: Bad match outside of Ricardo's shirt getting ripped off to reveal a Justin Bieber shirt.
Bryan/Punk/AJ/Kane segment: Very good until AJ and Kane came out and the soap opera build started. Punk/Bryan should sell itself...
Christian vs. Great Khali vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Jack Swagger: Good match with Dolph winning a world title match against Sheamus, although he's lost nearly every match since WM.
Ryback vs. Willard Fillmore/Rutherford Hayes: Squash.
Big Show vs. Kofi Kingston: An extended cage match squash pretty much.
Sin Cara vs. Curt Hawkins: Squash.
Vader vs. Heath Slater: Squash.
CM Punk/AJ vs. Daniel Bryan/Kane: More of an angle than a match.
Final segment: Very dull promo that revealed that Laurinaitis will get fired if Cena wins against Big Show at No Way Out.
Not a great show, which is par for the course with most three hour Raws. Very drawn out and very little good in-ring action...
Grade: D-
6/18/12 Raw
Opening segment: A Foley/Laurinaitis promo exchange that results in Laurinaitis' last match, a handicap match. Not a great segment.
CM Punk/Sheamus vs. Kane/Daniel Bryan: Solid match.
Dolph Ziggler vs. Jack Swagger: Good match but bad booking with Dolph winning and staying with Vickie as a result.
HHH/Heyman promo: Very good promo that ends with HHH knocking Heyman out.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Santino Marella: The US champ gets squashed once again.
Piper/Slater/Cyndi Lauper segment: Very bad segment outside of whenever Slater was on the mic.
Primo/Epico vs. Darren Young/Titus O'Neil: Bad match.
John Cena vs. Big Show/David Otunga/John Laurinaitis: Bad main event that eventually turned into Cena/Laurinaitis.
Yet another below average Raw. Very boring and way too much filler, and the main event was kind of a middle finger to people who ordered the PPV, as Laurinaitis got what was coming to him on Raw instead of No Way Out.
Grade: D
6/25/12 Raw
CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Kane: Solid opening match.
Big Show vs. Brodus Clay: Bad match where Clay's undefeated streak ends.
Santino Marella vs. Jack Swagger: Not a great match.
Cena/Jericho promo: Very bad until Jericho came out with Cena explaining his feud with Laurinaitis by going into Star Wars mode and both Cena and Jericho are part of a MITB match also featuring Kane and Big Show. Having Kane and Big Show in a MITB match defeats the purpose of it...
Sycho Sid vs. Heath Slater: Squash.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Dolph Ziggler: Decent match when you look past the ridiculous gimmick of the match, which was a pole match where you had to CONTROL the contract, not just grab it, and the stupidity of noone winning AND both getting the title shot, making the whole thing pointless. Extremely Russoriffic.
Summertime battle royal: Your typical Divas battle royal, that was only done to push AJ even more.
John Cena vs. Chris Jericho: Decent main event until Big Show came out and attacked Cena.
Another mediocre Raw. The in-ring action wasn't very good, Cena's promo continued a streak of bad promos, and the booking of the pole match was just bizarre.
Grade: D+
7/2/12 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good Cena/Punk/Bryan/Jericho promo exchange.
Christian/R-Truth/Kofi Kingston/Santino Marella vs. David Otunga/Cody Rhodes/Titus O'Neil/Darren Young: Actually not a bad match despite most of the wrestlers in the match having nothing important storyline-wise.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Sin Cara: No match as Del Rio destroyed him before it took place.
Sheamus/AJ vs. Dolph Ziggler/Vickie Guerrero: Decent match actually as Vickie was only in the ring for the finish and AJ shouted "yes!" on her way to the back.
Heath Slater vs. Doink The Clown: Squash with Slater actually being on the other end of it for once, and then getting the Diamond Cutter from DDP.
Kane vs. Big Show: Very bad No DQ match.
Tyson Kidd vs. Tensai: Kidd wins in 15 seconds, but it's all for nothing as Tensai attacks him in the locker room after the match.
CM Punk/John Cena vs. Chris Jericho/Daniel Bryan: Solid main event but AJ once again outshines the WWE title, as she puts both Punk and Bryan through a table and chants "yes!".
Another mediocre show. This was a step up from the last two months worth of shows, yet the stretch before the main event still left a lot to be desired and AJ shouldn't outshine Punk and Bryan.
Grade: C
7/9/12 Raw
Opening segment: Very long and drawn out Punk/Bryan/AJ promo exchange that resulted in wedding proposals.
Sheamus vs. Jack Swagger: Squash.
Christian/Tyson Kidd vs. Tensai/Dolph Ziggler: Rushed match with Christian getting pinned by Tensai in about a minute.
Cole/Lawler segment: The anonymous GM announces Cole vs. Lawler and turns it into an interactive vote.
Brodus Clay vs. Drew McIntyre: Squash.
Cena promo: Cena cut another bad promo by being obnoxious in explaining the MITB match.
John Cena/Kane vs. Big Show/Chris Jericho: Decent match but absolutely no result either.
Sin Cara vs. Heath Slater: Squash and Slater gets the crossface chicken wing from Bob Backlund after the match.
Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole: Bad "match" and the anonymous GM is revealed as Hornswoggle after the match, and he bites Santino and kicks Lawler and Cole in the leg afterwards. Yeah.
CM Punk/AJ vs. Daniel Bryan/Eve Torres: Bad main event and AJ once again outshines both competitors in the WWE title match.
Terrible show. Very rushed, only one decent match, a pointless Lawler/Cole "match", and the WWE title is taking a back seat to AJ. While she's doing a good job, Bryan and Punk are more than capable of having a good feud on their own and AJ's schtick should be used in the Divas division as she could make fans care about a Divas feud again with the all-around package she is right now. But instead, Punk and Bryan's feud is more about what she'll do next than the title they're wrestling for. Just terrible.
Grade: F
7/16/12 Raw
Opening segment: Very good Punk/Big Show promo exchange that made the main event.
Kofi Kingston/R-Truth vs. Prime Time Players: Solid match.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Zack Ryder: Squash.
Rikishi vs. Heath Slater: Squash.
Daniel Bryan/AJ vs. Eve Torres/Miz: Decent match and Daniel and AJ will have a wedding next week.
Ryback vs. Jack Swagger: No match as Swagger gets destroyed before the match starts.
Jericho/Dolph promo exchange: Very good.
Brodus Clay vs. JTG: Squash.
CM Punk vs. Big Show: Solid main event.
Best Raw in months, though this was just decent as parts were typical filler.
Grade: B-
7/23/12 Raw
Opening segment: Solid DX reunion minus Chyna, and Sandow sorta gets the rub by getting the SCM and pedigree.
Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara/Sheamus vs. Chris Jericho/Alberto Del Rio/Dolph Ziggler: Solid match.
Brodus Clay vs. Jack Swagger: Squash.
Bryan/AJ wedding: Better than your typical wrestling wedding with AJ being announced as Raw GM. Better than the usual storyline twist for these things.
Punk/Rock/Bryan promo exchange: As good as you'd expect with Bryan getting the Rockbottom.
Christian vs. Miz: Decent match, though Christian losing the IC title to Miz with no buildup and right after Miz was losing to the likes of Brodus and Santino is terrible booking.
HHH/Heyman/Stephanie promo: Very good segment to continue the HHH/Lesnar feud and start the Summerslam build.
Heath Slater vs. Lita: Heath actually loses to Lita, though the crowd popped huge for her return.
Kane vs. Jinder Mahal: All angle with Kane and Undertaker destroying Jinder and the guys he sent out to attack Kane.
CM Punk vs. John Cena: Very good main event with Punk retaining the title through Big Show interference.
Very good show with good matches and solid promo work.
Grade: B+
7/30/12 Raw
Opening segment: Very good Punk/Cena/Big Show promo exchange that made the main event.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Santino Marella: Squash.
Brodus/Sandow segment: This was a decent segment to start a feud between them.
Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus: Very good streetfight.
Bryan/Truth promo: This was good with him punting "Little Jimmy" out of the ring.
Kofi Kingston vs. Titus O'Neil: Squash.
Chris Jericho/Christian vs. Miz/Dolph Ziggler: Solid match.
Tensai vs. Tyson Kidd: Filler squash with Tensai winning and then losing by reverse decision. This did nothing for anyone.
John Cena vs. Big Show: Not great as it was your typical Cena vs. Big Show match.
Another good show with good wrestling. Three good Raws in a row and two for two regarding three hour Raws.
Grade: B-
8/6/12 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty decent Punk/Cena promo exchange that made the next match.
CM Punk vs. Rey Mysterio: Solid match.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Christian: Decent match though Christian shouldn't be losing to ADR in under 5 minutes.
Randy Orton vs. Big Show: Decent match.
Ryback vs. Curt Hawkins/Tyler Reks: Squash.
Primo/Epico vs. Prime Time Players: Not a great match.
Brodus Clay vs. Damien Sandow: No match as this was all angle.
Kelly Kelly vs. Eve Torres: Bad match.
HBK/Heyman promo: Good promo to build the HHH/Lesnar feud.
Dolph Ziggler vs. Alex Riley: Not much of a match with Riley actually winning.
Kane vs. Miz: Bad match.
John Cena vs. Daniel Bryan: Very good main event.
Very dull and poorly booked Raw. Felt like six hours and Christian shouldn't lose to ADR in three minutes, nor should the IC champ lose cleanly to somebody he isn't feuding with.
Grade: C-
8/13/12 Raw
CM Punk vs. Big Show: More of an angle than a match.
Ryback vs. JTG: Squash.
R-Truth vs. Heath Slater: Squash.
Sin Cara vs. Tensai: Squash.
Piper's Pit: A bit of a mess but it made the next match.
Dolph Ziggler vs. Chris Jericho vs. Miz: Very good match.
Layla/Kaitlyn vs. Eve Torres/Beth Phoenix: Not a great match.
John Cena/CM Punk vs. Big Show/Daniel Bryan: Solid match.
Damien Sandow vs. Christian: Christian gets squashed even though Brodus distracted Sandow midway through the match.
Lesnar/HHH/HBK stuff: None of it was very good at selling the PPV match as it was all poorly laid out and structured as the show ended early too.
A very poorly structured show that did a bad job of promoting Summerslam. Much of the show feeled rushed, especially the first hour and the two consecutive HHH/HBK/Brock segments, and the booking left a lot to be desired.
Grade: D-
8/20/12 Raw
Opening segment: Very good Heyman/Lesnar promo.
Kofi Kingston/R-Truth/Sin Cara vs. Cody Rhodes/Prime Time Players: Not a great match.
Ryback vs. Jobbers: Squash.
Randy Orton vs. Alberto Del Rio: Not a great match.
Brodus Clay vs. Damien Sandow: Bad match with Sandow giving Brodus his second loss.
Big Show vs. David Otunga: Squash.
Kane/Zack Ryder vs. Miz/Daniel Bryan: Decent match though it only served for Ryder to be fed to Kane.
Divas Battle Royal: Very bad with Kaitlyn becoming the #1 contender.
Chris Jericho vs. Dolph Ziggler: Very good match with Dolph making Jericho "retire".
Final segment: One of the few solid Cena promos anymore and it was against Punk.
Not a great show. Outside of the segments involving Jericho, Brock, and Punk, nothing stood out at all.
Grade: C-
8/27/12 Raw
Opening segment: Very good Punk/Lawler promo that made the main event.
Ryback vs. Jack Swagger: Squash.
Layla vs. Natalya: Very solid Divas match.
Miz vs. John Cena: Very dull match.
Santino Marella vs. Heath Slater: Not much of a match.
Brodus Clay/Sin Cara vs. Cody Rhodes/Damien Sandow: Two minute match with Brodus pinning Rhodes, continuing Rhodes' downfall.
R-Truth vs. Daniel Bryan: More of an angle than a match, with Bryan coming off looking VERY bad.
HHH promo: Very drawn out promo where he basically says that he may or may not retire.
Dolph Ziggler/Alberto Del Rio vs. Sheamus/Randy Orton: Decent match.
Zack Ryder vs. David Otunga: Squash.
CM Punk vs. Jerry Lawler: Bad match as it was more of an angle.
Another bad show. The wrestling was bad, as was the booking, and just no substance to this at all.
Grade: D
9/3/12 Raw
Opening segment: Good Punk/Sheamus promo that made a match between them later.
Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler: Solid match.
Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara vs. Tensai/Cody Rhodes: Solid match.
CM Punk vs. Sheamus: No match, which is good because Punk/Sheamus shouldn't happen on Raw.
Sheamus vs. Jack Swagger: Squash.
Eve Torres vs. Kaitlyn: Bad match.
Ryback vs. Jinder Mahal: Squash.
Kane/Bryan segment: Very funny segment where they "hug it out", as the fans voted for them to hug each other.
Antonio Cesaro vs Santino Marella: Bad US title match.
Zack Ryder vs. Heath Slater: Solid filler match.
Vickie/AJ promo: Pretty bad as it basically started a feud between them.
John Cena vs. Alberto Del Rio: Very good FCA match with ADR winning because of Punk.
Very solid Raw, carried by Kane and Daniel Bryan for the most part.
Grade: B
9/10/12 Raw
Opening segment: Very good Bret/Punk promo that made Punk/Orton.
Kofi Kingston/R-Truth vs. Miz/Antonio Cesaro: Solid match.
Eve Torres/Kaitlyn/Layla vs. Alicia Fox/Natalya/Beth Phoenix: Not a great match.
CM Punk vs. Randy Orton: Solid match.
CM Punk/Dolph Ziggler vs. Randy Orton/Jerry Lawler: Solid match.
Ryback vs. Heath Slater: Squash.
Kane/Daniel Bryan vs. Prime Time Players: Not a great match, but only because of Lawler's heart attack at ringside during this match.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Tyson Kidd: Okay match at best as the crowd was dead for this, for obvious reasons.
Sheamus vs. David Otunga: Squash.
Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes: Okay match, once again hurt by what happened earlier.
Final segment: Very good Cena/Punk promo exchange.
The first half of this show was very good but it all went downhill after the heart attack, and that stretch would have been weak anyway with all the filler. At least Lawler survived, because it's very uneasy seeing something like that on TV.
Grade: C
9/17/12 Raw
Opening segment: Good Heyman promo until Cena showed up with his usual promo.
Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara vs. Primo/Epico: Solid match.
Eve Torres vs. Beth Phoenix: Decent match.
Brodus Clay vs. Heath Slater: Squash.
Miz TV: This was okay with Booker T as the first guest and Ryback shows up to destroy the set.
Dolph Ziggler vs. Santino Marella: Decent match.
Wade Barrett vs. Justin Gabriel: Decent match.
Kane/Daniel Bryan vs. Kofi Kingston/R-Truth: Very good match.
Randy Orton vs. Tensai: Solid match.
Damien Sandow vs. Zack Ryder: Decent match.
John Cena/Sheamus vs. CM Punk/Alberto Del Rio: Solid main event.
Very solid show that was match-oriented, which was needed coming off Lawler's heart attack the following week.
Grade: B+
9/24/12 Raw
Opening segment: Very solid Punk/Heyman promo.
Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston: Good match even though this match is beyond overdone.
Prime Time Players vs. Zack Ryder/Santino Marella: Filler squash.
Foley/Punk promo: Solid promo.
Ryback vs. Miz: Squash.
Wade Barrett vs. Tyson Kidd: Squash.
Alberto Del Rio/David Otunga/Ricardo Rodriguez vs. Sin Cara/Rey Mysterio/Sheamus: More of a comedy match than a good match.
Eve Torres/Beth Phoenix vs. Layla/Alicia Fox: Not a great match.
Brodus Clay vs. Tensai: Very bad match until Big Show knocked both out.
Final segment: Very bad as it was your typical Cena promo.
Very weak show with tons of filler.
Grade: D+
10/1/12 Raw
Opening segment: Not a great segment as it felt very poorly structured.
Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara vs. Primo/Epico: Very solid match.
Antonio Cesaro vs. Brodus Clay: Squash but Brodus gets squashed instead.
Miz vs. Zack Ryder: Decent match.
Sheamus/Big Show debate: Your typical bad segment during an election period.
Ryback vs. Tensai: Squash.
Eve Torres vs. Beth Phoenix: Not a great match.
Santino Marella vs. Heath Slater: Not much of a match as Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal attacked Santino. Slater, McIntyre, and Mahal are known as the "encore".
Sheamus vs. Damien Sandow: Good match though Sandow's first loss comes in a match designed to give Sheamus momentum. Not great booking...
JR/Punk promo: Very good with Punk ordering JR to leave the ring until Ryback came out and got him back in the ring.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Kofi Kingston: Decent match.
Kane/Daniel Bryan vs. Dolph Ziggler/CM Punk: Solid match though Punk got pinned by Kane.
Very poorly structured show though the final hour was very solid. The first two still count though.
Grade: C-
10/8/12 Raw
Opening segment: Your typical Cena promo.
Ryback vs. Primo/Epico: Squash.
Brodus Clay vs. R-Truth: No match as Vince interrupts.
State of WWE Address: Good segment that made the main event.
Prime Time Players vs. Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara: Decent match.
Sheamus vs. Wade Barrett: Very good match.
Antonio Cesaro vs. Tyson Kidd: Decent match actually.
Dolph Ziggler/Alberto Del Rio vs. Daniel Bryan/Kane: Good match.
Larry King segment: Your typical guest host segment with Kofi getting the better of Miz.
Zack Ryder/Santino Marella vs. Cody Rhodes/Damien Sandow: Like Cesaro/Kodd this was actually decent.
Eve Torres vs. Kaitlyn: Not a great match.
CM Punk vs. Vince McMahon: This was bad with the WWE champion getting beat up by and then running away from a 60 year old in the main event.
Middling show. The middle portion was good, but the show started slow and took a dive again after the Larry King segment. The main event, while hard hitting, made the WWE champ look bad. Cowering from Vince McMahon?
Grade: C
10/15/12 Raw
Opening segment: Very dull Big Show promo for the very dull feud with Sheamus.
Big Show vs. Daniel Bryan: Not a great match.
Punk/Vince promo: Pretty good promo, despite it setting up a main event that isn't actually a main event.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Brodus Clay: For the second match in a row, Brodus is the squashee instead of the squasher.
Prime Time Players vs. Santino Marella/Zack Ryder: Complete filler squash.
Ryback vs. Dolph Ziggler/David Otunga: A glorified squash of Otunga as Ziggler bailed shortly after the bell.
Antonio Cesaro vs. Justin Gabriel: Decent match.
Matt Striker vs. Kane: More of an angle than a match.
MizTV: Very solid segment that set up a feud with Kofi and a match later.
Sheamus vs. Wade Barrett: Very good match.
Eve Torres vs. Layla: Pretty good match.
Rhodes Scholars vs. Primo/Epico: Decent match despite it being filler.
Kofi Kingston vs. Miz: Decent match at best.
Final segment: Ryback is announced as Punk's opponent at HIAC, which is a lose-lose situation because either Ryback gets the WWE title way too early or Punk ends Ryback's streak way too early.
Very average show, as the first half was very lacking while the second half was very good. If this was two hours it would get a good score, but all three count so...
Grade: C
10/22/12 Raw
Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara vs. Rhodes Scholars: Very good opener.
Kofi Kingston vs. Michael McGillicutty: Not a great match.
Cena/Punk promo: Your typical Cena promo until Punk interrupted.
Antonio Cesaro vs. Justin Gabriel: Pretty good match.
Vince/AJ/Vickie segment: Bad segment with AJ resigning as GM to basically have Vickie take the role under a new title, and ends with a catfight.
Ryback vs. Miz: Squash.
Daniel Bryan vs. Dolph Ziggler: Very good match.
Game show: Very lame segment to push Rhodes Scholars vs. Team Hell No.
Big Show vs. Kane: Very bad match.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Zack Ryder: Squash.
CM Punk vs. Sheamus: Shockingly bad lumberhack match as it felt like both guys just did moves for the sake of it with little crowd reaction.
Very bad show as it pushed AJ and Cena more than the HIAC PPV and it felt like six hours rather than three. Punk/Sheamus was also very disappointing.
Grade: D-
10/29/12 Raw
Opening segment: Very good Punk/Foley promo.
Ryback vs. JTG: Squash.
Wade Barrett vs. Randy Orton: Decent match.
Team Hell No vs. Prime Time Players: Not a great match.
Vickie/Cena promo: Very bad promo to continue their storyline.
Antonio Cesaro vs. Kofi Kingston: More of an angle than a match.
3MB vs. Santino Marella/Zack Ryder: Squash.
AJ vs. Beth Phoenix: More of an angle than a match.
Sheamus/Big Show promo: Pretty good promo exchange.
Rhodes Scholars vs. Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara: Pretty good match.
Cena promo: This was basically done to get Linda elected, as the Susan G. Komen stuff ended after Linda lost. Complete publicity stunt.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Justin Gabriel: Squash.
Final segment: The Survivor Series teams are announced.
Very dull show. Very little happened and there was just no substance to the show.
Grade: D+
11/5/12 Raw
Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara/R-Truth vs. Antonio Cesaro/Prime Time Players: Basic formulaic tag match.
Vickie/Cena promo: As bad as usual.
Cody Rhodes vs. Daniel Bryan: Very bad as Bryan got squashed here.
Kane vs. Damien Sandow: Another "meh" match with Kane winning. The wrong people won the last two matches...
Brad Maddox promo: Very "indy"esque as it just felt bush league and he wins a contract if he beats Ryback next week.
Sheamus vs. Miz: Very long and average match.
Eve Torres/Aksana vs. Layla/Kaitlyn: Not a great match.
Kofi Kingston vs. Alberto Del Rio: Okay match but hurt by ADR not playing to the crowd at all, like usual.
Santino Marella/Zack Ryder vs. Primo/Epico: Not a great match.
Wade Barrett vs. Brodus Clay: Bad match.
Heath Slater vs. Jey Uso: Probably the best match of the show, but very short.
Ryback/John Cena vs. CM Punk/Dolph Ziggler: Okay match although Ryback's ring work still isn't main event caliber.
Very bad show, especially in the first hour, as after the women's match it got a tiny bit better. Still atrocious and poorly booked.
Grade: F
11/12/12 Raw
Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler: Decent opener that then turned into a tag match.
Randy Orton/Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler/Alberto Del Rio: Solid match.
Vickie/Cena/AJ segment: More of the usual stuff.
Big Show vs. William Regal: Squash.
Kaitlyn vs. Layla: Squash.
Punk/Lawler segment: Good until Punk came out and used Lawler's heart attack to get heat.
Justin Gabriel/Tyson Kidd/Sin Cara/Rey Mysterio vs. Prime Time Players/Primo/Epico: Very good match.
R-Truth vs. Tensai: Squash.
Ryback vs. Brad Maddox: Squash.
Sheamus vs. David Otunga: Squash.
Rhodes Scholars vs. Miz/Kane: Decent match.
John Cena vs. CM Punk: Very good main event.
Some really good matches but WAY too many squashes and using Lawler's heart attack, that happened on Raw, to get cheap heat is overstepping the boundaries.
Grade: C-
11/19/12 Raw
Ryback vs. Tensai: Squash right after a bad promo.
Wade Barrett vs. Kofi Kingston: Decent match.
Kaitlyn vs. Aksana: Bad match.
Antonio Cesaro vs. Brodus Clay: Bad match.
Vickie/AJ/Cena promo: As bad as you'd expect.
Randy Orton vs. Alberto Del Rio: Very good 2 out of 3 falls match.
Great Khali vs. Primo/Epico: Squash.
Miz vs. David Otunga: Bad match.
Sheamus vs. Damien Sandow: Solid match.
Team Hell No vs. Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara: Decent match ruined by no finish whatsoever.
Final segment: Very good Punk/Heyman promo with Ryback interrupting only to get attacked by the Shield.
Very bad show. Way too much filler and the in-ring action was really lacking.
Grade: D
11/26/12 Raw
Ryback vs. Titus O'Neil: Squash with a mediocre promo exchange with Vickie following.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Great Khali: Terrible match.
Tamina Snuka vs. Alicia Fox: Squash.
Cena/AJ/Vickie promo: More of the same soap opera build that this storyline's had since the beginning.
Kofi Kingston vs. Tensai: Very rushed match.
Daniel Bryan vs. Rey Mysterio: Very good match.
John Cena vs. Dolph Ziggler: Solid match.
Sheamus vs. Antonio Cesaro: Solid match.
Damien Sandow vs. Zack Ryder: Shockingly good match.
CM Punk vs. Kane: Very average main event.
Very mediocre episode because of the first half and the main event.
Grade: C-
12/3/12 Raw
Team Hell No vs. Prime Time Players: Not a great opener.
Tamina Snuka vs. AJ: Not a great match.
Punk/Heyman promo: Very good as usual until Miz interrupted with the lame WWE babyface jokes.
John Cena/Sheamus vs. Dolph Ziggler/Big Show: Solid match.
Sandow promo: This was just a promo with an "apprentice" to get him on the show while Cody's out.
Damien Sandow vs. Santino Marella: Squash.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Sin Cara: Solid match.
Vickie/Vince promo: Not great though it made Cena/Dolph in a ladder match at TLC.
Randy Orton vs. Brad Maddox: Squash.
Antonio Cesaro vs. Kofi Kingston vs. R-Truth vs. Wade Barrett: Solid match.
Final segment: Very lame Miz TV lie detector segment involving Punk.
Another lackluster Raw with tons of filler and lame storylines.
Grade: D+
12/10/12 Raw
Opening segment: Very mediocre Sheamus/Ziggler promo.
Wade Barrett vs. R-Truth: Not a great match with Barrett losing in two minutes.
Fatal 4 Way Number 1 Contender's Match: Decent at best with Rhodes Scholars obviously winning the match.
Eve Torres vs. Alicia Fox: Not a great match.
Punk promo: Very good promo as usual.
Sheamus vs. Dolph Ziggler: Solid match.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Zack Ryder: Very long actually, but not good with it being heatless and ADR never playing to the crowd.
Vickie Guerrero vs. AJ: Terrible "match" with Vickie winning.
Kofi Kingston vs. Antonio Cesaro: Decent match.
Miz TV: Very poor segment with Rhodes Scholars, because Miz isn't a great face.
John Cena vs. Big Show: Not a great main event.
Very dull show, with the wrestling being very mediocre and most of the promos missing the mark.
Grade: D+
12/17/12 Raw
Rey Mysterio vs. Damien Sandow: Decent match.
Shocking Moment Of The Year: Kofi wins for walking on his hands at the Rumble.
Kaitlyn vs. Eve Torres: Not a great match.
Comeback Of The Year: Lawler wins for his return from a heart attack.
Kofi Kingston vs. Tensai: Squash.
Kiss Of The Year: AJ wins for her kiss with Cena.
Great Khali vs. David Otunga: Squash.
Superstar Of The Year: Cena wins despite never being champ all year and losing to Laurinaitis on PPV.
Brodus Clay vs. JTG: Squash.
LOL Moment Of The Year: Rock won in a bad segment.
Cody Rhodes vs. Sin Cara: Another short match.
Hashtag Of The Year: Ryback wins in another bad segment.
Sheamus/Big Show promo: Very mediocre as Sheamus interrupted Big Show with the usual WWE comedy.
3MB vs. Miz/Alberto Del Rio/Tommy Dreamer: This was just there for the Dreamer nostalgia pop as this was another bad match.
Newcomer Of The Year: Ryback won as expected.
Ryback vs. Antonio Cesaro: Another bad match.
Match Of The Year: HHH vs. Undertaker won.
AJ/Dolph Ziggler vs. Vickie Guerrero/John Cena: Very bad main event that featured the debut of Big E. Langston.
Very bad show, with only one decent match and loads of lame comedy. Typical Slammys episode.
Grade: F
12/24/12 Raw
Opening segment: VERY goofy with Santa getting "run over" by ADR's limo.
Kane vs. Cody Rhodes: Solid match.
Layla/Natalya/Kaitlyn/Alicia Fox vs. Eve Torres/Aksana/Rosa Mendes/Tamina Snuka: Bad match.
Big Show vs. Sheamus: Average match.
Zack Ryder vs. David Otunga: Squash.
Kofi Kingston/Miz vs. Wade Barrett/Antonio Cesaro: Solid match.
Great Khali vs. Brad Maddox: Squash.
Punk promo: Awesome as usual.
Daniel Bryan vs. Damien Sandow: Solid match.
10 man tag: Complete filler.
John Cena vs. Alberto Del Rio: Very good Miracle on 34th Street Fight, though ADR played the heel despite being a face last week. Confusing.
Nothing terrible but this show was pretty goofy, and confusing in some ways.
Grade: C-
12/31/12 Raw
Miz TV: Not very good as it featured your typical Cena promo, though it made the next match.
John Cena/Miz vs. Rhodes Scholars: Solid match.
Antonio Cesaro vs. Sgt. Slaughter: Squash.
Team Hell No vs. 3MB: Solid match.
Punk promo: Very good with Vince demanding that Punk face Ryback in a TLC match next week for the WHC, and if he isn't healthy enough, Paul Heyman will be his opponent.
Sheamus vs. Dolph Ziggler: Solid match.
Eve Torres vs. Mae Young: No match but a good angle with Kaitlyn brawling with Eve.
Big Show vs. Ricardo Rodriguez: Not much of a match.
Wade Barrett vs. Kofi Kingston: Solid IC title match with Barrett winning.
Shield vs. Ryback: This was all angle.
Final segment: Terrible Cena/Dolph/AJ promo exchange that ends with Dolph and AJ being covered in poop.
Some solid wrestling and story progression makes for a good show.
Grade: B-
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